Cook County Criminal Court Judge Timothy Joyce rejected Bryant Brewer's defense of "I am a Negro so I must be insane!" defense - Found Guilty in the cold blooded murder of Chicago Police Officer Thor Soderberg

Officer Thor Soderberg's widow dropped her head into her hands and sighed loudly Tuesday night when a Cook County judge rejected an insanity defense and convicted a man of the Chicago police officer's 2010 murder.

Following more than 2 1/2 hours of closing arguments, Judge Timothy Joyce concluded that Bryant Brewer wasn't mentally ill but simply chose "not to be bound by society's norms."

"The only completely truthful thing I heard from (Brewer) is that he's a cop killer," the judge said as Soderberg's widow, Jennifer Loudon, clutched a tissue in her right hand. "He brutally, callously, viciously and without compunction murdered Officer Thor Soderberg."

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